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Page 8 Portland Observer Thursday, July 15th, 1878 Carter Young nominates Carter (Continued from p. 1 col. 4) Y m a « of Geergfa: In the last tw o hundred years we have achieved moments of greatness and we have also stumbled, and when we have stumbled it was usually a stumbling over the burden o f race - a burden of economic deprivation and exploitation. And whether they have been just or unjust laws, those laws have deprived us of our opportunity to fulfill the dreams th a t would make us tru ly the great nation which exists in all our hearts. I don’t know about you. but I »rant to lay those burdens down. I am ready to lay down the burden of race, and Jimm y C arter comes from a p art of the country that, w hether you know it or not. has done just th a t I was in Plains. Georgia, last week and I hadn’t been there far over ton years. I rem ember being nervous as we passed the court bouse. I rem em ber the guy who used to be sheriff many years ago and as we passed the court house the sheriffs ear pulled out and I began to trem ble a little until I looked in the sheriffs car in Sum pter County. Georgia, and saw th a t the sheriff, or whoever was driving, was Black. I turned to the Black contractor that was sitting w ith me in the car and I said. “You know, I don’t have to be afraid in Sumpter County any more. I used to get nervous when I passed the Sumpter County Courthouse.* And he said. "You know, Andy. I helped build the new Sum pter County Courthouse." And there we w ere - a H ack businessman, a Black Congressman in a little ru ra l county, helping to elect the next President of the U nited States. A man. who is his own time, was gifted w ith an independent, free-thinking mother and who never had to grow up w ith the burden and the weight of racism in his family H e overcame th a t burden and. because he has worked side by side w ith people of all kinds, he can help the United States lay down the burden of race and move to a beloved community. But more than than. Jim m y C arter can help Am erica deal w ith the problems of poverty — because there is nobody that has worked his way up from the grass roots , out of the d irt, shaking peanuts, to the presidency of the U nited States - in 200 years from indentured servitude to the presidency a t the tim e of this Bicentennial. Jim m y C a rte r brings to us a wonderful opportunity to put an end to poverty and to go on to “study w ar no more". He understands our m ilitary and be knows that we can be a strong nation without poaring all of our wealth and all of our money and resources in those things which destroy. I f you would vote far life, if you would vote to fay down the burden of race, if you would vote to lay down the sick and ailing economy of the last eight years, vote with me for Jim m y C arter as president - and I proudly second his nomination - the next President of the United States. if you would vote to lay down the burden of race, if you would vote to lay down the sick and ailing economy for the last eight years, vote with me lor Jimmy C arter as president." Representative Yvonne Brath waite Burke seconded the nomination of Cali fornia Governor Jerry Brown. A Mrs. Craven seconded the nomination of anti abortion candidate Ellen MacCormack. M rs. Corretta Scott King, speaking to the plank on civil and legal righto said. “W e have now come to a period when America seems to have retreated even from its prophecy of human righto and equality of opportunity when millions of Americans turn to their government for active help, they were treated w ith be nign neglect. W e ask the Democratic P arty, its people and its leaders to recognise the enormous power that resides in our na tions government. To recognise that it’s most frail gesture may dash the hopes and lives of many of its people and that its firm commitment to human righto may. by example, change the world and bring us peacefull and proudly back onto fields of praise and earned respect . . . W e ask the Democratic P arty, its people and its leaders, to assert with bravery, w ith love, w ith passion for jus tice and w ith finality that now. in our time, this nation must rise up and live out the true meaning of its dream.” Bicentennial q»ih displayed As we go to press, it has been confirm ed that Representative Ron Delluma of California will allow his name to be placed in nomination for the vice presidency. Delluma said he was allowing his name to be entered in order to provide a platform for those who want to discuss issues that have not been aired on the floor of the convention. Early in the convention there was a move to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, but after a group of Black delegates talked w ith Carter, they decid ed not to make the move. The Black delegate count is down this year because the new delegate selection rules tolerate a less than strict obedience by state parties to the national party's affirm ative action requirements. E arlier this year the Caucus of Black Democrats set as its national goal a 25 per cent Black representation at th * tu76 convention. Black convention representation ob viously falls far short of the 25 per cent goal. And while the nearly 11 per cent Black participation rate thia year is an improvement over that of the 1988 con vention in Chicago, where Blacks were merely 8.7 per cent of the total, the performance in 1976 is viewed by Blacks as a step backwards by a political party which has depended for years on Black voters as a key ingredient in its winning combination of interest group coalition. Red, white and blue flowers, napkins and refreshments accented the reception table Saturday, July 10th at the Oregon Historical Society. The event was spon sored by the Afro-Am erican Heritage Bi centennial Commemorative Q uilt Com mittee. M rs. Richard Bogle presented the three co-chairmen red, white and blue corsages. Assisting w ith pouring were: Mrs. S.Q. Broadus. M rs. Ellis Caason, Mrs. Geraldine Christian (Commissioner of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Oregon), Mrs. C. A. W hite. Mrs. W illiam McClendon. Mrs. Ernest Hartxog, M rs. Thomas L. Stray- hand, Mrs. Lillian Bell, Mrs. Vernon But ler, Ms. Berna Plummer, and Mrs. W illi am McCoy, Jr. Assisting with the guest book w ere Mrs. Elisabeth Buehler, Miss Lori Reynolds and Mrs. Phillip Owens. Persons were invited to register their year of arrival in Oregon either by birth or moving here. Among the longest years were: Miss Irene Hallberg (1902), Miss Hazel Yaeger (1904), M r. Edward Brown- stein (1905). Mrs. Elise A. Reynolds. 1967 Oregon M other of the Year (1915), Miss Ends Golden (1916), Mrs. Sarah L. Shel ton (1916). N ative Oregonians w ith more than fifty years were Mrs. Elisabeth W. Buehler. D r. W alter C. Reynolds. Mrs. Ida Mc Clendon, Mrs. Carl Deis, Mrs. Lucille Pierce. Among the out-of town guests were: Mias M ary E. Sumner of Virginia Union University (Richmond, Virginia). Mrs. Liz Thomas of Seattle, Mias Aileen Stone of Salem, M r. N eil Stone of Salem. Miss Faith Love of Eugene. Mias Celeste W il liams til Oakland, Cal.. Mrs. Jessye D. Bouren of Hugo. Oklahoma. M r. and Mrs. Raymond Howell of Loa Angeles, Cal. The Afro-American Heritage Com memorative Q uilt and Historical Exhibit will continue through September 80th. 1976 and may be seen Monday through Saturday at the Oregon Historical Soel ety. A t the cloee of the exhibit, the 1853 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper which is currently displayed w ill become a part of the permanent archives of the Oregon Historical Society. Frederick Douglass is acknowledged as Father of the Protest Movement: his humanitarian concern in cluded the abolition and women's righto. The quilt is a copyrighted design. In October, the Quilt Committee will vote to determine the institution to which the quilt will be donated. Members of the committee are Mrs. Richard Bogle, Mrs. Webster C. Brown. Mrs. Robert Can ada. Mrs. Osly J. Gates. Miss Sylvia J. Gates. Mrs. F . V. Love. Mrs. S. E. M ayfield, Mrs. W illiam McCoy. J r.. Mrs. R. M iller, Mrs. Phillip Owens, Mrs. Isaac S. Payne. Mrs. Zack Phillips, Mrs. W alter C. Reynolds. Mrs. E. M . Rollins, and Mrs. P erry W hitlow. Top ten high accident streets are in order: Union Avenue. Lombard. Division. A lberta. Holgate, 82nd, Faster, Wood- stock. Powell. Sandy Blvd. I AME Connection (Continued from page 1 column 6) b etter pardon and parole procedures, briefer and surer sentences, psychological counseling, more chaplain services, correction of alcoholism and drug addiction - to bring the prisoners back cloee to th e ir families, to let them out on good conduct on holidays so they could keen some contact w ith the outside world. I got to know the characteristics of those who had been in prison - a lot o f old people, a lot of young people - a lot of Black people, a lot of w hite people - a lot of well educated people, a lot of retarded people - thirty -fiv e per cent of the Georgia prisoners w ere m entally retard ed. T here w ere a lot of poor people, but not any rich people. And this means th a t our crim inal justice system or court system has a conspiracy against poor people. I t just means th a t w e still have a long w ay to go in making sure there is pore justice, and pure equality of opportunity in this country under the law. I don't claim to know all the answers. B ut I think in the campaign for President - 1 have run in th irty different primaries - and I have learned a lot and I am still learning. I said this morning in a speech in Perdue a t the U n iversity of Indiana, there is a need for some characteristic of our lives th a t never changes, because the fam ily structure in a neighborhood like Archery, Georgia, is no longer there. When I was in trouble, when I was lonely, when I was doubtful, when I was fearful, my mother and father w ere always there. I could get to them . M y brothers and sisters w ere there. But you don’t have th a t cloee fam ily communication th a t doesn’t change and is always there. W e didn't move very much. M y ancestors, who w ere born in the 1700’s are buried rig h t there w ere I lived, tw o miles from Archery, but now tw en ty per cent of all our people move every year. So we have got a lot of uncertainty in our lives. W e are not held together as much as w e w ere before and w e need something in this country and in our individual lives th a t never changes. And we've got something that never changes. Faith in God never changes - and the search for tru th , justice, equality, understanding, compassion, brotherhood, fave - the search is always there. One of the great theologians, Paul Tilich said that religion is a search for the tru th about man’s existence, his relationship to God and his fellow man. W hen w e q uit searching, w e lose our religion. But we think we've got it made and if we have blessings because we are so good - and we’ve q uit forgetting about ourselves and those who need our ministry, our religion has no meaning. This is tru e not only in the church. I t is true in our nation. W e have a great country - the greatest on earth. Our system of government is the best on earth. Richard Nixon has not h u rt our system of government. Even Vietnam and Cambodia did not hurt our system of government. The C IA didn't h urt our system of government. I t is still clean and decent I t is the basis on which we can answer difficult questions, correct our mistakes, bind our selves together and approach the future w ith determ ination, assurance and confidence. W e can correct our nation's shortcom ings but w e have got to be searching. W e can’t take anything for granted. W e’ve got to be forceful; w e can’t lower our standards. So in a lot of ways, our national life and our church life are parallel. T hey ought to be kept separate. I believe in the separation of church and state, but th a t does not mean th a t we ought to live tw o different lives - one as a politican and the other as a churchman. I can't deny the fact that one of the reasons I wanted to come here tonight and be on this stage w ith these Bishops was to learn a little bit about politics - and there is nothing wrong w ith th a t - if the results of a political contest are compatible with God's work. And your own chosen leaders demonstrate that, not only through out this country but in South Africa, northern Africa, and Central Africa. T here is a time in the church, among people, that can bring us an opportunity of world understanding and hopefully of world peace. I believe the country is ready for a government which is honest and tru th fu l, a government th a t is sensitive to our people’s needs and a government that can deliver services in an efficient and open way. Now a lot of people say that one person can't change the nation, but that's not true. I remember in 1968, when the adminis trations of L. B. Johnson, and of John F. Kennedy were over. Richard Nixon came into the W h ite House. The Congress didn't change; it was still a Democratic Congress, but the country changed. I t changed the most for the people that need the government the most, and w hat those people lost was hope. I believe the time has come to restore this, not because of me. but because this country suffered in the last few years. I believe there is an eagerness among o ur people to search for a higher standard of ethics, morality, excellence, greatness - th a t can be derived from those who have a knowledge for th a t higher stand ard. W e Christians have th a t knowledge. W e have a perfect example of w hat a person ought to be. W e can’t meet th a t example or measure up to that standard, but we know w hat it is. I want to see our country changed for the better and I w ant to see us have a government that is as good as our people are, and I w ant to see us take our individual standards for our own Uvea that you and I have learned in church - sometimes the same church - and let us be a beacon light for the redressing of grievance, the end of discrimination, the granting of equality, the insurance of pure justice, the restoration of brotherhood, the building of this coun try , o f a legitim ate search for the finest possible aspects of human beir >. W e have made a lot of progress. W e have a long way to go, but together, under God, in this free nation, we are going to get there. Menthol and Regular Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. 17 mg. "tar," 1.1 mg. nicotine, av. per cigarette, by FTC Method.
